Re: prokind column (was Re: [HACKERS] SQL procedures)

Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2/24/18 14:08, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I took a quick look through this and noted a few small problems; the
>> only one worth mentioning here is that you've broken psql tab completion
>> for functions and aggregates when talking to a pre-v11 server.
>> I don't think that's acceptable; however, since tab-complete.c has no
>> existing provisions for adjusting its queries based on server version,
>> it's not really clear what to do to fix it. I'm sure that's soluble
>> (and I think I recall a recent thread bumping up against the same
>> problem for another change), but it needs a bit more sweat.

> The patches proposed in the thread "PATCH: psql tab completion for
> SELECT" appear to add support for version-dependent tab completion, so
> this could be resolved "later".

I'm not sure that other patch will get in; AFAICS it's incomplete and
rather controversial. But I guess we could put this issue on the
open-items list so we don't forget.

Anyway, once the release dust settles, I'll try to do a proper review
of this patch. It'd be good if we could get it in this week before
the CF starts, so that any affected patches could be rebased.

regards, tom lane